Improvement in cattle-pokes



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT H. KENNEDY AND H. P. KENNEDY, OF BRUNSWICK, OHIO.

IM PROVEM ENT IN CATTLE-POKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 59,408, dated November 6, 1866.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, ALBERT H. KENNEDY and H. P. KENNEDY, of Brunswick, in the county of Medina and State of Ohio, have invented a new and Improved Poke to prevent animals from `jumping; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, exact, and clear description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a View of the poke when in operation. Fig. 2 is the lower part of the bow a, Fig. l, showing the slot b, Fig. 2, through which the spring c and pricks d, Fig. l, pass when the poke is taken from the animals neck. The pricks d are made to prick the neck when the animal comes-in contact with the fence.

The stale e can be attached outside or inside of the bow a, 4in which a pin, f, made of wood or metal, is inserted to keep the stale e from falling back too far.

The roller g can be made of wood or metal, with the pricks d to pass by the roller.

The spring c can be made of any kind of wire that will answer the purpose.

The ends of bow a. are secured by rivets h h, to prevent their splitting.

The stale e is secured by rivet i on roller j, which connects the ends of bow a by inserting key k in the roller j.

lpoke is not in operation, by which the pricks d can pass, arranged and operating substantially as shown and described.

3. The slot b, through which the pricks d and springs c c can pass when the poke is removed from the animal, as described.

4. The placing of the stale e on the outside t of bow a with a slot, b, and on the inside of bow a without a slot, and keys in both ends l of roller l, as represented in Fig. 3, as shown and described.

5. rThe pin j' in bow a, Fig. l, to keep the stale ein its place, in the manner shown and described.

A. H. KENNEDY. H. P. KENNEDY.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM KENNEDY,

J. H. KENNEDY. 

